Spanish authorities declare the eruption of a volcano on the island of La Palma that destroyed hundreds of homes and large swathes of farmland officially ends over three months after it began
Scientists declared the eruption on Spain's La Palma officially over, allowing islanders to breathe a sigh of relief.
"What I want to say today can be said with just four words: The eruption is over," Canary Islands regional security chief Julio Perez told a news conference on Saturday., the volcano suddenly went quiet on Monday December 13 but the authorities, wary of raising false hope, held off until Christmas Day to give the all-clear.
During the eruption, lava had poured down the mountainside, swallowing up houses, churches and many of the banana plantations that account for nearly half the island's economy.
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